A
thread on reddit discusses a ban handed down to a Torbjörn main in
Overwatch which is apparently connected to his unwillingness to switch to a
different character (thanks
PCGamesN).
The banned player, Fuey500,
took his case to
Twitter, saying, "Please unban me I am a high elo one trick who does not do
anything wrong I am a wholesome boi. Thanks!"
Blizzard responded, indicating they are struggling to decide how this fits
with their vague guideline about playing nice. Then, somewhat confusingly, they
followed up with another post explaining that the bans in question were for
abuse beyond simply being a "one-trick pony," though it's hard to see how this
relates to the Fuey500 case. Here's word:

After investigating a number of
the cases that have been surfaced over the past 24 hours, we can confirm that
the system is working as intended.

None of these were simple cases of “one tricking” or off-meta hero selection.
These were examples of behavior intended to disrupt Competitive Play. As such,
the punishments will stand.

To be clear, specializing in certain heroes or playing off-meta heroes is not
bad behavior on its own. In fact, we actively encourage people to be clever with
their team comps and work with their teammates to counter the enemy comp.
Teamwork is important and should be considered when making your hero selections,
especially in Competitive Play.

We take these kinds of reports very seriously, along with your feedback. We’ll
continue to fine-tune our systems, and we apologize for any confusion about the
way that these policies have been communicated.

Beamer wrote on Nov 13, 2017, 21:04:So only one person per character in overwatch?

And Wtf is a non meta hero?

Yep, on a 6 man team you can't have any hero duplicates."Off-meta" means something different that what the competitive community considers the ideal team composition given attacking or defending, the map, and other factors.

ROFL! Wow, I'm glad I skipped Overwatch, that's insane. I thought the player community was bad in Diablo 3, and I played almost exclusively solo. That sort of rigid thinking nonsense makes Battlefield 1 look practically Utopian by comparison. Different games I know, but still.

I mean, the alternate solution sounds like don't play competitive. The CSGo community is kind of annoying in competitive. And actually more annoying in not-competitive.

Beamer wrote on Nov 13, 2017, 21:04:So only one person per character in overwatch?

And Wtf is a non meta hero?

Yep, on a 6 man team you can't have any hero duplicates."Off-meta" means something different that what the competitive community considers the ideal team composition given attacking or defending, the map, and other factors.

ROFL! Wow, I'm glad I skipped Overwatch, that's insane. I thought the player community was bad in Diablo 3, and I played almost exclusively solo. That sort of rigid thinking nonsense makes Battlefield 1 look practically Utopian by comparison. Different games I know, but still.

Creston wrote on Nov 13, 2017, 20:50:You bought this game with 60 dollars, but if you play a hero we don't want you to play, we'll ban you. Is that it? Who gives a shit which character the guy plays??

Teamwork is important and should be considered when making your hero selections

So if everybody wants you to play fucking Widowmaker, you better play Widowmaker? Even if you suck at it? Even if you only have fun playing Torbjorn? That's fucking bullshit.

Not like that at all. The people in question were essentially afking or trolling if someone else took their hero. Don't be a giant dick and you won't get banned for one-tricking.

Wrong. Fuey was banned because another player got upset that they lost to his team. On the next match, that player insta-locked fuey's normal character, all the while bad mouthing fuey. Fuey then swapped to his backup character and simply played as normal. Immediately after that match, he was banned.

Blizzard has multiple threads open with around 5-6 thousand replies asking them to clarify their vague comments about the ban. Fuey has asked for clarification and had his thread locked, simply told they will discuss it with him via email.

Blizzard has, in it's own report system, the comment that you cannot be banned simply for picking the character you want to play. Yet their comments and actions have left a huge gray area as to whether this is true. So far, they refuse to come out with a clear statement.

Beamer wrote on Nov 13, 2017, 21:04:So only one person per character in overwatch?

And Wtf is a non meta hero?

Yep, on a 6 man team you can't have any hero duplicates."Off-meta" means something different that what the competitive community considers the ideal team composition given attacking or defending, the map, and other factors.